Posted on 04/28/2004 10:05:23 AM PDT by u-89
Mission Statement: To discretely provide US troops shipping out overseas with the most sensually pleasing departure possible.
Kelly McDonough types furiously on the keyboard at the cluttered desk in her house that serves as her unofficial command post. McDonough, a 5'4" brunette, looks far younger than her 26 years; asked to describe herself she unabashedly says, "farm girl, which is what I am". She waves apologetically and says, "Sorry, I'll be with you in a minute". Amid various calendars and dry erase boards a hand painted sign hangs above the desk, emblazoned in military style stenciling "Operation: Take One for the Country". McDonough pushes back from the desk and exhales, "So you want to know how Take One for the Country started?". McDonough leans back in her chair, "It was back in February of 2003, when a lot of troops were leaving Ft. Benning. My girlfriends and I were partying at a bar frequented by soldiers. At some point one my friend leaves with a young soldier. The next day we questioned her and commented that the soldier didn't seem her 'type'. My friend just shrugged and said, 'Hey, his unit was going to ship out in a few days, so I decided to take one for the country', I knew right then and there that this was an incredible idea, so I started Operation Take One for the Country".
McDonough energetically describes exactly what Operation Take One for the Country does, "First, a military operation would not be a military operation unless we used an acronym, in this case, Op T.O.F.T.C., or as we say 'To-FutK'. Essentially we organize, discreetly, single girls to frequent bars and restaurants near military bases and, well, Take One for the Country, with members of the military, especially those about to go overseas". As McDonough describes it, TOFTC volunteers work in secrecy, "We're not out there with signs or badges. We are completely covert, you could not tell a TOFTC member from anyone else in the bar, and that is essential to the success of the Op".
Military terms and phrases flow freely in McDonough's speech. She admits that, even with a brother in the army, before starting TOFTC she knew little of military life or lexicon. "There are a lot of girls out there like me who would like to do something for the country and really have no idea where to start. Our philosophy is if you are out there partying and engage in casual sex you might as well 'Take One for the Country'". The nicely built brunette sits cross legged on her chair and delineates what she sees as the benefits of TOFTC, "The men go off into harms way gratified, and because the organization is covert, they get the boost in ego thinking that they scored on their own attributes, they ship out relaxed and confident, with a distinct impression of a grateful nation behind them". McDonough is adamant about safety "The principle is simple, don't do anyone you don't want to do, be safe, be protected" and reiterates this when meeting with TOFTC groups.
Apparently there is no lack of volunteers for TOFTC outings. McDonough relates her findings, "There is some much societal pressure on getting a job, getting married, you know, getting ahead. I think there are a lot of gals out there that want to do something for the country, they may or may not support some aspects of foreign policy, but they want to feel like they contribute or make a difference. And this is a fun way to do it, . . . so to speak".
The map on the wall of her makeshift command post illustrates that TOFTC is a nationwide operation, and apparently growing fast. "We have 19 officially unofficial TOFTC 'battalions', as we call our groupings, across the United States, and we are getting emails and calls all the time". TOFTC memos and correspondences are all printed on pink stationary using a handwriting script font, McDonough explains that this is necessary for the covert nature of the operation and that men will likely not pick up or read something printed on pink stationary.
TOFTC has not been able to maintain complete secrecy and word has leaked out. I contacted Annette Spargas of the UC Berkley chapter of NOW and asked if she had ever heard of Operation Take One for the Country. Spargas said that she, in fact, had heard of TOFTC and was working to find and protest the group at the first opportunity. "These women are really sick, they are prostituting themselves", Spargas ranted, "they are objectifying their bodies to the killers of the Bush cabals war machine. They need to examine how men have made prostitutes of women throughout time". McDonough is un-phased by this type of objection, "What a bunch of bay-auches! Those femi-nazis really make me mad. Yeah, we have a TOFTC 'battalion' in Oakland, but nothing else in the bay area. Berkeley girls are too femi-nazi granola and the Stanford girls are too stuck up intellectual. Not to worry though, we're getting some good indications of interest from Sacramento and Amador Counties (outside of San Francisco) and we'll be able to take care of the men of the Pacific Fleet, don't you worry".
Jane Kelso arrives at McDonough's house that afternoon to work on a TOFTC 'battalion' trip to Jacksonville Florida. Kelso is married to an army sergeant and has expanded the mandate for TOFTC. "I'm getting married women into the equation, but not how you think", Kelso offers with a wry grin. "Like any other woman, a wife or girlfriend of a male member of the armed services, probably withholds sex. I'm trying to get these women to Take One for the Country as often as possible before their husband/boyfriend ships out. I mean, some of this military wives think felatio is a Baroque era painter! These women need to suck, eh, I mean take a big money shot from their husbands/boyfriends as a patriotic duty".
The discussion naturally swings to the question of "Do you have any male volunteers?". Kelso brightens as she and McDonough exchange a high-five, "Oooo-aaahh, YES we do!". McDonough becomes somewhat somber and says, "There are plenty of single women serving in the armed forces, and as we've all seen, they are in harm's way, although for the men it may not be about sex, it could be going shopping or cuddling up watching a chick flick or a 'Trading Spaces' marathon. Same rules for the men 'Be safe, be protected, be discrete'".
Kelso and McDonough return back to planning the TOFTC trip to Jacksonville and whether they will need two buses get everyone there. Afterwards, McDonough mused about the future of TOFTC, "I think the concept has been around during every conflict the U.S. has been involved in, even during Vietnam. Operation Take One for the Country is here to stay, I'm going to make sure there is always a TOFTC happening somewhere. The members of our armed forces deserve it. God Bless America"
with all but thee!
And I've never had to worry about AIDS, chlamydia, crabs, gonorrhea, hepatitis (A|B|C), herpes, syphilis, etc. ad nauseaum to include paternity suits. Monogamy suits me just fine. Call me a prude, if it makes you feel better.
You must have never known the alternative.
And married couples can still love each other and have sex that is quite lustful.
Then that wouldn't be the "loveless sex" you were advocating.
And not to pop your bubble, but not all marrieds have sex solely for the purpose of procreation.
You seem very fond of Red Herring arguments. Procreation is irrelevant to this debate.
Here you go. According to a 2002 study, Oklahoma had the second highest divorce rate in the US. From Divorce Reform's own website.
Sorry, but this by itself is totally meaningless unless you first established that these Oklahomans have a lower instance of "sex before marriage". But I will remind you again for the third time that even if you could prove this unlikely point, it would not help your flimsy argument. There is there is too big of a difference between "sex before marriage" and the subset of wholesale sluttery you are defending on this thread. Even if it were possible to prove the first one, it would in no way prove the other.
Yes, you must be so hurt by others having sex.
Well, I certainly don't care for the economic consequences of non-marital sex like welfare, divorce, STD's, etc. that affect my taxes. Nor do I like the idea of our young servicemen getting their hearts broken by these hyper-whores.
The key word there is liberty. They also allowed people to be free. Period.
If that is all it were, we would surely have lost it by now. Freedom comes with responsibility. I doubt you could understand.
Of course. Yet anoither who is quick to condemen the women having sex, but not the men.
Since you obviously didn't read it the first time, I'll go through it again for you. The promiscuity isn't what I am most opposed to here, it's the advocacy of it. By creating this organization and publicizing it on a website, they are attempting to defend and ultimately recruit others into their downward spiral of self-destructive whoredom. As I keep saying, these pathetic women were sluts long before the war and they almost certainly will be sluts long after the war. To publicly defend this depraved form of complimentary prostitution as being a valid form of patriotism is an offense to everyone who truly served their country.
Mine are high enough than to call people sluts, cavernous whores, and other such lovely things.
You clearly don't even understand what morality is. The moral obligation in this situation would be honesty, and I have been. I've just called them like I've seen them.
Must be more of that Christian love I hear so much about.
You are the only one trying to bring religion into this. It is almost like you are you are trying to find some.
Have a good weekend. I know I will.
I hope you do.
I am not surprised that someone who has said what you have said here would think that morality is only taught through AM radio.
You seem to enjoy this insulated world you've built for yourself, in which you can condemn as "prostitutes" and "whores" women you've never even met, and wouldn't know even if they sat across from you in church
I know what they are advocating and what they claim to be doing. And yes, those words fit perfectly.
I guess it satisfies your feelings of superiority to be able to toss around condemnations and judgements like that.
As much as you'd like it to be, this isn't about superiority. The behavior they are advocating is wrong. I am opposing it on this thread, you are defending it.
Like casting stones. do we?
No, nor am I. I am just calling their behavior for what it is.
Whatever, enjoy it. The rest of us in this world called "reality" do not judge someone as a "slut" just because he or she has a healthy, normal sex drive.
Based on what you've said here, I don't think that particular word has any meaning at all for you.
As the majority of the posts here reveal, even such conservatives as FReepers don't think these women are doing anything evil,
The number of voluntary posters is not in any way an accurate reflection of any group's opinion. Nor, for that matter, are the definitions of right and wrong subject to polls. I bet you wish they were though, don't you?
and may in fact be doing something quite the opposite.
The main issue of this thread is the public advocacy and formal organization of such slutty behavior.
What you are doing is patronizing and preaching to young, brave men, as if they were nothing more than children at risk from "evil women".
All good men are at risk from flaky harlots like these.
I guess, in your world, it's a GOOD thing for a young man to die never having known a woman's touch, or to go to battle with no warm memories of a woman's arms around him.
Better than for him to risk death with a broken heart or a debilitating venereal disease. The French military provides prostitutes for some of their serviceman. You'd fit right in.
To those of us in "reality", that strikes us as wrong on many different levels.
I fear your "reality" is a lonely place.
The only people on this thread I've seen advocating it have probably never had the experience of "shipping out" alone.
Not true, but it would be irrelevant to this debate even if it were.
Zip your fly, your hatred is showing.
Ouch, I was afraid that might hit somebody a little to close to home. As I've said, I hope that anyone who would defend these whores' scandalous behavior would marry sluts just like them. It now sounds like some of them did. At least they aren't hypocrites.
I guess the "pre-marital sex=disease" thing doesn't always work out, does it?
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